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RAF

abbr. colloq. (in the UK) Royal Air Force.

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noun

1. the airforce of Great Britain

• Syn: ↑Royal Air Force

• Hypernyms: ↑air force, ↑airforce

2. a Marxist and Maoist terrorist organization in Germany; a network of underground guerillas who committed acts of violence in the service of the class struggle; a successor to the Baader-Meinhof Gang; became one of Europe's most feared terrorist groups; disbanded in 1998

• Syn: ↑Red Army Faction

• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act

• Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO

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Royal Air Force.

Also, R.A.F.

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RAF /är-ā-efˈ or (informal) raf/

abbrev

Royal Air Force

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R.A.F. or RAF (no periods),

Royal Air Force (of Great Britain).

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informal abbr. (in the UK) Royal Air Force

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abbr

Royal Air Force

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RAF [RAF] [ˌɑːr eɪ ˈef] [ˌɑːr eɪ ˈef] or, in informal use, [ræf] [ræf] abbreviation

Royal Air Force (the British ↑air force )

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He was an RAF pilot.

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raf

obs. f. raff; obs. pa. tense rive.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.